CENTRAL EMPOWERED COMMITTEE

Prime Minister Narendra Modi again defended his decision to scrap high value currency, but this time focussed on its benefit for rural India and wage labourers, the people who, ironically, have been the most affected by the cash crunch .

The committee reiterates that the mandate of the NITI needs greater clarity and emphasis on issues like inter-ministerial and departmental coordination and especially with regard to the centrally sponsored schemes.